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[Gil]

Ask, connect, inspire.

[Francisco]

Hi there,

I recently got an email suggesting to attend one of the Hebrew Language Course.

If I understood properly there are 3:

Crack the Hebrew Code
Learn To Read Hebrew From Scratch: Modern AND Biblical
Learn Real Life Conversational Hebrew and Boost Your Vocab

How does this work? Should I (ideally) register for the three? At the moment I am not sure I can register for all so would like to check which one is the recommended one?

[Maria]

Hello!

We just finish the class with Zohar (Sunday 25 of June) and he told us about a Congress that will take place next Sunday (or next weekend?). Bob tried to send us the link, but he couldn’t because it’s broken.

Can you please send us the information (days and times) to our mails (everyone in the graduate environment)?

Thanks!!!

[AspiringAltruist]

Is there a process or sign-up for people who want to join a group of 10?

[Esther]

How would a Kabbalist view someone like Gandhi or Martin Luther King?  They were spiritual leaders who actively tried to apply spiritual principles to society.   Does the Kabbalist just accept society as being under the influence of the Creator and feel no obligation to advocate like Gandhi?

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

You can read in Baal HaSulam’s article “Peace in the World” how Kabbalists view “world reformers”.

[Zorica Kostadinovska]

Can a person behave badly in the corporeal world, and yet be a Kabbalist?

Thank you in advance!

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

“Bad” is according to the intention. That’s why if we look at our world through the right lens, we see it’s all in order to receive. A Kabbalist could appear however, but he works according to the intention to bestow.

[Zorica Kostadinovska]

I was thinking bad more like, rude, lie, steal in the corporeal world… that would be ok, as long as the spiritual intention is to bestow?

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

A Kabbalist has to keep the laws of society as though they are the Creator’s laws. As it is written, “The hearts of kings and ministers are in the hands of the Creator”.

[Zorica Kostadinovska]

I am sorry to be a nuisance, but I am more referring to moral codes, not laws. I am merely interested if a Kabbalist can lie, cheat or be rude to people in the corporeal world, outside the spiritual society whilst keeping the intention to bestow; does becoming a Kabbalist changes (or not), the behavior towards the corporeal world and the people that are not interested in spirituality and why/how?

Thank you for your patience! 🙂

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

There are no moral codes outside the Kabbalistic society, for Kabbalists. You don’t need moral codes there because all the selfish reasons to not lie, cheat and steal are already set up by society. If I like my neighbor’s garden planter, and I steal it, and place it in my own front yard, what consequences there will be are already arranged: even if they can’t get me with the police, they’ll get me in another way. At the very least, public opinion will turn on me, and so on. It doesn’t benefit a person to treat the world like an “open store” from which you grab as much as you can. These laws will be revealed more and more, both to countries that invade others because seemingly they can get away with it for now, and to individuals. There are all kinds of consequences for the stolen planter and the stolen land. We’re just like children that get beat and never learn our lessons.

A Kabbalist becomes wiser, both in this world and in things beyond this world, and thus, it’s not that he keeps some moral code – but he feels like behaving in wiser ways because the links between all the forces in reality – both in my attitude towards reality and perhaps some of my actions even – become increasingly revealed to him. So, he’s not so free in the way that we want to be free, like children locked in their rooms but they’re going wild behind that locked door.

So, a Kabbalist has no religion, no morals, but behaves with decreasing stupidity in the palace of the Creator that he increasingly perceives in his developing spiritual senses.

[Zorica Kostadinovska]

Thank you very much! I needed to hear this 🙂 about behaving with decreased stupidity 🙂

[Ricki]

With regard to the only free choice we have which is the choice of environment, can our internal state such as emotions and thoughts be considered an environment as well?

It is known that we are influenced by the external environment, and this is a reason why immersing ourselves in the books, the group, the teacher, is vital to our continued development along the spiritual path. When a person goes out to work to make money he or she is influenced by this environment too but in an egoistic manner. What about when one is at home? She is not at work, she is by herself or with her family. Yes she can connect virtually to the kabbalistic environment, but the example i mean to illustrate to support the question is can we choose our internal environment, such as focusing on gratitude while i brush my teeth? I have learnt from past experiences and now days am much more grateful, and because, relative to my past, being grateful seems like an action i have learnt to do more often, it feels like a choice. And since just like the external environment can influence a person, their emotional state or quality of thoughts can also influence them.

I feel like I’m missing something here or have overlooked or forgotten some content from the lessons…. Please help me understand this distinction. Thank you for your time 🙂

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

Hi Ricki,

The environment is the authentic materials provided by Kabbalists and those who have been impressed by it. And then there’s what I do in response to them. Except for that, there’s room for strengthening that, and strengthening that environment is the most effective thing I could do.

[Ricki]

Thank you Gianni! I greatly appreciate your guidance

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